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Since there aren’t any new releases out this week, this week we are covering another listener suggestion. This one comes from Anthony F. in San Antonio, TX.
“I have listened to almost every episode. I dig what you guys are doing. keep up the good work.I would love to hear your take on Kuso, it’s available on shudder.
It is one of the most fucked up films I have ever seen.”
Anthony K.
We watched Kuso, and as advertised, it is the most fucked up movie I have ever seen. And I’ve seen The Peanut Butter Solution!
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I found it surprisingly hard to give a summary of this film. Even on IMDB, it only has the following plot summary:
Events unfold after a devastating earthquake in Los Angeles.
IMDB
Kuso is a film directed by Flying Lotus, which is the stage name for Steven Ellison. It consists of 4 of what I hesitate to call, “Storylines” that are written by Steven, Zack Fox, and creator of salad fingers, David Firth. The plots of these vignettes are secondary to the surreal and disturbing imagery and production design of the whole affair. There is only one piece of trivia listed in IMDB for this movie:
Received a large number of walkouts at Sundance and was deemed in an article written for Verge as “The grossest movie ever made.
IMDB
The Four Story Lines in Kuso
- Royal: a young couple with some interesting Kinks
- Mr. Quiggle: an Up-and-coming female rapper “B” goes to an alternative medicine doctor
- Smear: a young man has digestive issues
- Sock: a woman in search of her lost child
But really replace all those story lines with poop and that’s probably
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